HMCS Sault Ste. Marie (J334)

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Career (Canada) Canadian Blue Ensign
Name: HMCS Sault Ste. Marie
Builder: Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company Ltd.
Yard number: J334
Laid down: January 27, 1942
Launched: August 5, 1942
Commissioned: June 24, 1943
Decommissioned: December 1, 1946
General characteristics
Class and type: Algerine Minesweeper
Displacement: 990 tons
Length: 68.6 (225 ft.)
Beam: 10.8 (35.5 ft.)
Draught: 2.6 (8.5 ft.)
Propulsion: 2 3-drum Yarrow style water tube all welded boilers, 2 1250 HP triple expansion engines.
Speed: 16 knots
Crew: 107
Armament: 1 4" HA single, 4 20mm twin guns, 1 Hedgehog ASW mortar, depth charges

HMCS Sault Ste. Marie (J334) was a Algerine Class Minesweeper that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II.

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